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WAGON.

Application filed. March 17, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914. serial No. 754,993. v

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Regan, in theV county of Burleigh and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

lThis invention relates to new and useful improvements in wagons, and more particularly to that class known as dump wagons.

An object of this invention is the provision of a dump wagon which employs a body consisting of two coperative sections, and means for locking said sections against movement, and releasing the same.

Another object of this invent-ion is the provision in a dump wagon, of a novelly constructed frame work for pivotally supporting the sections of the wagon body.

A further object of this invention is to improve and simplify devices of this character, rendering them comparatively simple and'inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and efficient in use and readily operated.

Vith the above and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation; Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary rear elevation. Fig. 5 is a yfront elevation of my invention with the seat removed; Fig. 6 is a detail vertical sectional view of a portion of the body and means for supporting the same; and Fig. 7 is a detail elevation view of the operating lever.

Referring to the accompanying drawings throughout the several views, by similar characters of reference, the numeral 10 designates generally my improved dump wagon, which consists of a pair of side members 11 constructed preferably from angle iron. The forward extremities of these side members 1l are curved downwardly, .as at' 12,;'whi1e the opposite terminals thereof are offset inwardly to produce front and rear supporting arms 13 and 14, to which are se cured the bolstersY 15 and 16, which vare supi ported upon the front and rear axles 17 and c 18.{ The front and rear wheels 19 and 20 are; ournaled uponthe terminals of the axles 17 and 18 and support the wagon 10'. The front-axle 17 is mounted below the bolster 15 for pivotal movement, while secured to this axle 17 by the customary hounds 21 is the; forwardly extending tongue 22, the latteribeing of the customary type.

@pposite end frames 22 and 23 are securted to the side members 11, and each is substantially U-shaped in formation, consisting of horizontal arch members 24 and 25 supported by the depending legs or side members 26 and 27, which have their free ends 28 and 29 bent at right angles, as clearly shown in the drawings, and disposed upon the arms 13 and 14, to which they are secured by bolts or other suitable fastening means 30 which extend through the said ends 29, arms 13 and 14, and holsters 15 and 16." These-frames 22 and 23 are braced by U-shaped straps 31 and 32, the arches 33 and 34 of which are secured to the intermediate port-ions of the bolsters 15 and 16, while their diverging legs 35 and 36 are adapted to engage the inner sides of the legs 26 and 27, at which points these said legs 35 and 36 are offset inwardly, as at 37 and 38, to contact with the under sidesof the previously described arches 24 and 25, to which they are bolted or otherwise secured, as at 39.

Supporting bars 4()l and 41 are bolted to the arch members 24 and 25 and have their opposite ends extended. beyond the legs 26 and 27 and curved to produce collars 42 for engagement with the opposite ends of tie rods 43,which tie rods are bent intermediate their ends, as at 44, for engagement with the side members 11, to which they are secured, as at 45. The extremities of these tie rods 43 are held within the collars 42 by any suitable means such as indicated by the numeral 46 which designates lockingnuts.

A brace strap 47 extends longitudinally :of the frame 22", and has its ends secured to the legs 26 thereof. The terminal arms 48 of this brace strap are extended in advance of the legs 26 and support a foot rest 49, which is further br-aced by the angle bars 50, which connect the same to the bolster 15.

The body of the wagon designated in general by the numeral 51, is formed in two sections 52 and 53, which coperate to form rsemi-circular ends 54 and 55, located at the front and rear ofthe wagon respectively. These ends 54 and 55 are connected by curved bottom sections 56 and 57 formed,

v `preferably from slats or metallic plates.

The sections 52 and 53 of the ends 54 and 55 have secured thereto front and rear brackets 57 and 58 formed in their upper outwardly extending extremities with apertures 59, for the reception of the front and rear trunnions 60 'and 61, which pivotally support the sections of the body of the wagon for outward swinging movement. Each of the sections of the body o-f the wagon has journaled thereon in bearings 62, parallel rods 63 which support coperating latches 64 and 65 which are located in pairs at the opposite ends of the body of the wagon, the latches of each pair being similarly constructed and arranged.

The latches 64 consist of body members 66 formed at one end with shoulders 67, and at their opposite endswth upwardly curved arms 68, for a purpose to be later disclosed, the said arms being limited in their downward movementby the stops 69. The body members 66 of the latches 64 are pivoted intermediate theirV ends as at 7 0,to the sections 52 ofthe ends 54 and 55. The latches 65 each comprise a body portion 71 pivoted as at 72 to the sections 53 of the ends -54 and 55, while formed upon the inner ends of the body portions 72 are shoulders 73, arranged for coperation with the shoulders 67 of the body members 66 to retain the said sections 52 and 53 in their locked position, against any lundesired outward movement. The shoulders 73 are normally forced in the direction of the shoulders 67 by the springs 74 which are secured to the underside of the Wagon body, and bent upwardly and outwardly to engage the underside of the body portion 72, of the latches 65.

A foot lever 75 is journaled as at 76, in a bearing attached to the intermediate portion of the brace stra 47, and is provided with an inwardly o set extension 77 arranged to engage` the underside of the arm 68, so that upon the depression of the foot lever 7 5,the extensions 77 of the latches 64 will force the inner extremities of the latches downwardly, thus forcing the shoulders 67 out of contact and releasing the sections of the body of the wagon. l

A pivoted operating arm 78 is fulcrumed upon one of the legs 26 of the end frame 22',

and is connected at its opposite ends by links 79 and 80 to the sections 53 and 52 respectively of the end 54 of the body portion.

Pivoted to the leg 26 adjacent the member 78 is an operating lever 79, the inwardly extending terminal 80 of which is engaged in an eye 81 attached to the member 78, in such manner that upon proper movement of thelever 79 the member 78 will be rocked causing the opposite sections of the body of the wagon to be swung inwardly A'or outwardly. Y

tents to pass between the lower meeting ends e thereof. As the weight of the contents is removed from the sections, said sections will swing outwardly, owing to the fact that the center of gravity isv thrown outwardly bel yond the trunnions 60 and 61 by the'load, and the sections then swing back like a pendulum, the latches 64 yand 65 engaging and locking said body sections against movement. When, however, the weight of the contents is not suflicient to operate the same,

the lever 79 can be used by means of which the said sections of the body portion ofthe wagon can be manually operated.

The sections of the body of the wagon are limited in inward movement by the stops 82 and 83 arranged to engage the angle plate 84, secured to the rear'bolster 16. It should be understood in this connection that various minor changes in the specific details of construction can be resortedto within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. f

From the foregoing descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be manifest that a dump wagon is provided, which will fulfil all of the necessary requirements of such a device.

Having thus fully described this invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent'is: Y

1. In a dump wagon the combination of a pair of side members, said side members beinO' offset to roduce su ortinff arms end frames secured to said supporting arms, supporting means for the sidemembers secured oiset arms formed at the terminals of said trunnions, and stay rods disposed within side members, U-shaped end frames secured the sleeves of the bars and connected to the to the supporting arms7 bolsters attached to side members. the supporting arms, wheeled axles secured In testimony whereof I hereunto aHiX my 5 tp tht? polsters, U-sapeddbiiaces attched to signature in the presence of two witnesses. 15

tie osters and t e en rames, ars attached to the U-shaped end frames, trun- BERT BAILEY' nions disposed between the end frames and Witnesses: bars, the ends of said bars being bent to F. H. REGISTER,

10 produce sleeves, a body supported by the GEO. M. REGISTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

